[Elecraft] KX1 build tips

[Koaps]

Heya All,

Got a don't do as I did for you.

I wanted to use the battery holders for power while
building my KX1, this turned out to be a mistake
because I put the connector on the end without cutting
the wires down to size first. This meant I had extra
wire to stuff under the battery holders at the end of
my build.

I was able to do it by looping the wire, but it would
have been better to just cut it to length as the
manual said to.

Not sure if the lead to my second booboo, but somehow
I ended up stripping the start of the holes for
battery holders on the back plate and ended up having
to buy longer 2-56 screws and some nuts.

So becareful about installing those screws, it doesn't
take much to strip them and even though I made sure as
best as I could that the battery holders where flat
against the backplate, they stripped anyways.

-chris


       
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